James Madison Preparatory School

James Madison Preparatory School is a senior high of one-room-style scale in TEMPE, Arizona, overseen by James Madison Preparatory School (79063), works with 130 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 79% below the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 631 students.

James Madison Preparatory School (79063) is the operating authority for James Madison Preparatory School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, James Madison Preparatory School records that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to Maricopa County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which James Madison Preparatory School is one.

Fees College Preparatory Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around James Madison Preparatory School.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. James Madison Preparatory School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 33%: 194 students in 2018 compared to 130 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 68% to 62% over that span.

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